Refooting stockings



H. A. BERENDSEN.

RfFOOTING STOCKINGS.

nwucnnon FILED own, 1920.

1,424,708. Patented Aug. 1, 1922.

1W VEN TOR HENF/A HPavassw ATTORNEYS of, Range HENRY A. BEBENDSEN. OHBANGOR; PENNSYLVANIA...

BEFO OTIIIG- STOCKINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 23, 1920. Serial Ito. 452,734.

Toall whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. Bnnenosns, a. citizen of the United States,and a resident r, in the county of Northampton and State ofPennsylvania, :ave invented new and useful Improvements in RefootinStockings, of which the following is'a ful clear, and exact description.

The'invention relates to hosiery of the more expensive typeand made ofwoven silk cloth (tricot or Milanese) or embroidery materiel.

' The object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in refooting stockings having torn soles, toes or heels, torender the stocking practically as good as new.

lugs-forming :1 uri: of this specification, in

which similar c cracters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure Lis a side elevation of a torn stock in%to be refooted;

igure 2 is a similar view of the some after being refooted;

Figure 3 is a. perspective view of the leg and mte 'al foot top as itappears after clitting e damaged heel, sole and toes 'of the stockingshown in Figure 1;

ure 4 is a perspective view of the new rein rced upper toe portion;

Figure 5 IS a similar view of the new reinforced heel; and

F re 6 is a similar view of the sole with the teg'ral reinforced bottomtoe portion.

Stoclnn of woven silk or silk embroidery material are liable to tearmainly at the heels, toes and sole, andverysmall holes can betemporarily closed by chiming. A

air of stockings eventually becomes unfit gor wear and has to bediscarded and replaced by a. new pair at a considerable ex- 'pense tothe wearer.

In order to reduce this expense to a minimum and to render the stockingof a pair as good as new thestpokings are refooted with the samematerinl at approximately one-quarter of the cost of a new pair, andthis refooting can-be repeated, at'lenst, four or five times before theleg and top of the foot of a stocking is completely worn out. On theresumption that a pair of woven silk stoclri s at an original wholesalecost of say $4.00 as been refooted five times at an ex nse $1.00 eachtime, the total cost is only 9.00 against six new pairs at a cost of$24.00.

.In order to produce the desired result, the following arrangement ismade: The stocking shown in Figure 1 is made of woven silk (tricot orMilanese) and comprises a. single ply leg 10, a. sin is ply foot top 11,a reinforced or doubled eel 12, ,a single ply sole 13 and a toe made oftop and ottom reinforced or doubled ,portions 14 and 15. The heel l2andthc toe portions 14 and 15 are reinforced in the usual manner, thatis,

are made of double or two ply material. Originally in making thisstocking the leg 10, the foot top 11., the upper toe ortion 15 and theheel 12 are made of a sing a lens of woven material, and the heel 12 anthe upper too portion 15 are reinforced at the inside by correspondingpieces thus making the some double. The sole 13 including the lower toeportion 14 is made of a single piece of material, and the said lower toeportion is reinforced at the inside by a. corresponding piece. The twomembers are seamed to ether, that is, the side edges of the sole 1 areseemed to the side edges of the foot top 11, the rear edge of the sole13' is seemed to the from edge of the heel l2,

and the top ed e of the lower the portion 14 is seemed to tie bottomedge of the up or too ortinn 15, as will be readil on orstoo byreference to Figure 1. he heel 12, the sole l3 and the 'too portions 14,15

sponding new pieces of similar size, shape and material are provided,namely, a reinforced heel 12*,4 sin le ply sole 13 telminating inan-integrul bottom toe portion 14' reinforced at the inside, and areinforced or double top toe portion 15. The original leg 10 and thefoot top 11 are turned inside out, and then the several new nieces arejoined to the original leg 10 on foot top 11 while likewise in turnedinside out ositiou and in the following sequence: The

eel 12 is seamed with its upperedge onto -Patentd Aug. 1 1922.

heel

, in each pair of Btockin s is tion .15 is seamed onto the front end ofthe foot to 11, the sole 135 with the bottomtoe p0 ion -14 is nextseamed to the several parts, that is. its side edges are seamed to theside edges of the-foot'top 11, .the rear edge of the sole 13' is seemedto the front edge of the heel 12' and the bottom toe portion 14f isseamed to the top toe portion 15. \Vhen,this'has been done the stockingis reversed and is then ready to be returned to the owner. I It will benoticed that the lower edge of of the ginthe leg 10 and the .to ed eforced heel 12' are inc ined upwardly and rearward terminatin in a pointat the back of the stocking, t on givin a graceful appearance to thestocking. 0 upper point is located hi her or lower on the back of thestocking see dotted-lines in Figure 2) according to the teersor tears intheiheel or in the lower ortionof the leg of the stockin noted, that is,

highest of the original 1e 10.

tis understoox that in returne to the menu fuctiirer for re acting andthen the refooted' pair of stoekin s is returned to the owner on paymentof the cost, as above stated.

t -is also understood that the. refooting of stockings as describedgreet-ice a torn is inure especially designed for stockings made ofwoven fabrics such as silk tricot or Milanese woven silk goods incontradistinction to knit stockin s to allow of readily cuttingout thede ective parts without dan i for refooting curely sewed unraveling. notcontemplate the refooting ings it includes refooting of stocking made ofembroidery material which similar tothe woven material permits cuttingwithout danger of unraveling and which nllows of securely sewing theparts together.

described my invention, 1 cleun as new and desire to secure by Lettersatent:

As an article of manufacture, stockin comprising a woiren sin le lyfabl'lC leg mergm into a single p y oot top section, a re-in orced wovenfabric toe top section seamed to e front end of said foot :1 refootedheel section seamed to the edges of said leg, and a single pl) wovensole formed with a the edges of said too top section and to the er ofunravel-'

